Uri Shulevitz

A retelling of the traditional English tale in which a poor man follows the advice of his dream and is eventually led to a treasure.

In the quiet of the night, a sleepy sleepy boy awakes to find the dishes, chairs, and clocks enjoying themselves. In a sleepy sleepy house everything is so sleepy - until music drifts in through an open window. Chairs begin to rock, dishes begin to dance, and a sleepy boy opens his eyes to the revelry of the once-sleepy house. Then, softly, the music drifts out, and everything is sleepy sleepy once more.

Relates the doings of the Emperor of Pickleberry and his ingenious talking bird Lou.

A child indoors watches the rain on the window and in the streets and tells how it falls on the fields, hills, and seas.

When the Czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck and meets some unusual companions on the way.

Hosni, a shepherd living in the desert, finally realizes his dream of traveling to the city where he spends his gold dinar in a way which changes his life forever.